in public

释义

1. 牛津电影里 95%

   公开地；在别人（尤指生人）面前

   when other people, especially people you do not know, are present

电影里这样说 · 36 部

• Is that why you slapped my brother around in public?The Godfather1972
• They're Puritans in public, perverts in private.Bohemian Rhapsody2018
• I'm from Philadelphia. We never talk about such things in public.Manhattan1979
• OK, not in public.Step Up 3D2010
• Speaking in public.Pride2014
• Hanged in public.3:10 to Yuma2007
• She stayed in public places.Sin City2005
• Meet in public place...Eastern Promises2007

在完整场景里学

• 教父1972
  • 婚礼当天开口求杀：in my debt（欠我的人情）
  • 看马求戏被轰走：run him out of the business（把他挤出这一行）
  • 当面回绝毒品生意：in your pocket（任其摆布）
• 曼哈顿1979
  • 饭桌上聊艺术和勇气：have the nerve to（有胆量做）
  • 向朋友坦白婚外情：getting out of hand（收不住了）
  • 劝十七岁的她别拴死：get carried away（忘乎所以）

同一词条的短语

• go public
• in the public eye
• be common knowledge
• wash your dirty linen in public

习语频道里接下来

• and things
• it will cost you
• any day
• be another different matter
• cut some slack
• get your act together
• around the corner
• at all times
• on the spur of the moment
• read between the lines
• make an exception
• not in the least